BC Avalanche Course

A very practical weekend 2-Day BC avalanche course to fine tune your avalanche skills! Book Now. The Tinderbox BC Avalanche course is a more advanced course aimed at people looking to develop further depth to their avalanche hazard evaluation. Our level 1 course is a pre-requisite to our level 2 courses. Our avalanche courses have been developed from a wide range of sources and follow the NZ/Canadian avalanche program renowned as the leading standard for professional avalanche training and qualification. The course includes a training manual and a certificate of achievement on finishing the course.

The course:
Begins with an evening discussion and presentation introducing further avalanche safety concepts including snow pack analyisis, snow and weather forecasting and observations. After the morning safety breifing by one of our fully trained instructors or guides you will spend the day looking at how to make your own avalanche hazard evaluations based on all the information available.

Why two days?
Developing avalanche skills is all about time in the mountains, its a game of experience. Running the course over a whole weekend provides more opportunities to acquire the skills presented by having the time to practice them, under the guidance of our experienced avalanche instructors. During the two days we’ll also get the chance to ski some fun descents around Chamonix.

Typical itinerary:

Friday – Evening briefing and informal discussion and presentation on the anatomy of an avalanche and how to reduce the risk when travelling in avalanche terrain.Saturday/Sunday – Two days of avalanche awareness training including – Avalanche equipment and training, snow form and structure, effects of the weather, terrain and route selection, triggers, slope testing/stability testing.
Featured content:
Anatomy of an avalanche
Route and terrain selection
Weather
Snow stability
Snow form and structure (form, layers, shear planes)
Equipment
Human factors
Avalanche rescue
Delivered by Chris Fecher NZ Diploma in avalanche studies